18 projects examining the future of the Internet
Announcing our 2022 Research Grantee Cohort – 18 projects examining the future of the Internet.
We’re thrilled to announce the diverse group of researchers who joined the Internet Society Foundation’s Research Program in 2022. Established in 2020, this program awards funding to researchers around the world who are examining the future and sustainability of the Internet.
Representing 18 organizations and 12 countries, these researchers are collectively generating solutions today to meet the Internet challenges of tomorrow.
Through these grants, the Internet Society Foundation continues to advance new research on the future of the Internet, research that will influence policy and industry decisions and ultimately help shape a more equitable and sustainable future for the Internet and the people it serves.
Learn more about each awardee in the list below.
| Grantee Organization | Research Question | Research Theme | Location | Funding Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Informatics Society | What concepts of programming software in an environmentally friendly way (“Green Coding”) exist for software development? | Greening the Internet | Germany | $ 196,788.00 |
| Reset Tech Australia | What does trustworthy tech, from young people’s perspectives, look like in practice? | A Trustworthy Internet | Australia | $ 140,130.00 |
| Data & Society Research Institute | How is the work of mental health professionals changing as they increasingly provide services through online digital platforms, and how do such shifts impact therapeutic expertise, therapeutic labor, and professional practice? | The Internet Economy | US | $499,926.00 |
| ISOC Kyrgyzstan Chapter | Can we use the Internet of Things in a rough environment to detect landslides and other threats while developing an open and secure infrastructure? | Greening the Internet | Kyrgyzstan | $200,000.00 |
| The Distributed AI Research Institute in partnership with Code for Science & Society | What is the impact of social media platforms in countries and diaspora communities that are not considered important by the companies who own these platforms? | A Trustworthy Internet | US | $500,000.00 |
| Fradkin Foundation for Economic Research | What is the economic impact of dark patterns on consumers? | The Internet Economy | US | $ 150,550.00 |
| Evidence and Methods Lab in partnership with the Internet Society Uganda Chapter | What are the capacity gaps hindering the utilization of the Internet by government agencies in the effort to improve transparency and accountability in service delivery? | A Trustworthy Internet | Uganda | $550,000.00 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | How can we improve our understanding of the way private sector governance mechanisms interact with technology to produce trust and security on the Internet? | A Trustworthy Internet | US | $ 149,945.00 |
| World Data Lab | Who is most affected by Internet poverty and which countries are making the greatest progress in reducing it? How can we promote greater access and use of the Internet to benefit the poor? | The Internet Economy | Austria | $ 485,375.00 |
| Chomora Mikeka | Can Internet of Things (IoT) be green powered using ambient radio frequency energy harvesting? | Greening the Internet | Malawi | $ 81,314.00 |
| Francis Saa-Dittoh | How can decentralized digital information systems promote decolonizing of the Internet in developing countries? | Decolonizing the Internet | Ghana | $ 99,950.00 |
| Internet Security Research Group | How can we enforce the promises made in a privacy policy through technology that is ubiquitous and affordable? | A Trustworthy Internet | US | $350,000.00 |
| University of Amsterdam | How does Internet infrastructure reconfigure power relationships and resource dependencies, and how could it better serve the public interest? | Greening the Internet | Netherlands | $250,000.00 |
| Stichting Digital Freedom Fund | How can a decolonizing program for the European digital rights field be designed and implemented? | Decolonizing the Internet | Netherlands | $ 100,000.00 |
| The Green Web Foundation | How do we accelerate the transition of the Internet off of fossil fuels? | Greening the Internet | Netherlands | $550,000.00 |
| DNS Research Federation | To establish an Internet Standards Observatory, what innovative research methodologies and policy research questions should we explore relating to the development of Internet standards? | A Trustworthy Internet | UK | $250,000.00 |
| David Johnson | Can a decentralized mutual credit-based community voucher combined with a community network and localized services incentivize (i) custodianship of commons infrastructure, (ii) creation of more locally generated digital content , and (iii) act as a catalyst to the stability and expansion of a local market? | The Internet Economy | South Africa | $200,000.00 |
| Centro Latam Digital | What kind of interactions do migrants in transit have with the Internet based on their perception of digital vulnerability? How does this perception impact their decision making and strategies in using the Internet along their transit? | A Trustworthy Internet | Mexico | $249,550.00 |
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